Fine For Britain’s Biggest Family The Radfords After Children Were Taken Out Of School For £52,000 Disney Trip

The parents of Britain’s biggest family have been fined after taking their children out of school for a luxury £52,000 trip to Disney World in Florida.

Hailing from cambe in Lancashire, the brood boasts more than 530,000 followers on Instagram and are the stars of the Channel 5 show, 22 Kids and Counting.

Parents Noel and Sue Radford splurged on the trip to celebrate Sue’s 50th birthday in April 2025.

But after saying the family were ‘feeling the pinch’ last year, the costs of the no expense spared trip continue to rack up after they were hit with the fines last week.

The parents, of cambe, Lancs, were found guilty of failing to ensure regular attendance at school for four of their children between March 24 and May 1, 2025 at Preston Magistrates Court.

They were each fined £65 per child along with £118 court costs, adding a further £756 to the Florida trip.

The star of Channel 5‘s 22 Kids and Counting shared snaps from the family holiday on Instagram during the break.

The pictures included a photo of the family posing with Donald Duck as well as Sue posing in Minnie Mouse ears with a giant drink in her hand.

The bumper break saw Noel and Sue splash out on flights, accommodation and park passes for their own children and their 11 grandchildren.

However, they were slammed for leaving daughter Chloe, 29, behind as she was due to give birth to her second child.

And the celebration trip did not go without a hitch as 24-year-old Millie Radford and her two children were left at the airport when it emerged their ESTA certificates had expired.

Noel stayed behind to help them reapply and the four joined the rest of the family in Florida the next day.

Sue Radford turned 50 on March 22, 2025, insisting she was really ’49 plus one.’

Weeks after returning from her birthday celebration trip the family were seen returning to Florida for another trip in June.

At the beginning of 2025, Sue had revealed she wanted to have a ‘whole year of celebrations’ to take the sting out of turning the big 5-0.

As well as a romantic getaway alone with her husband of 32 years, Noel, she revealed they were planning the family trip to Disney in Floridataking all their children and 11 grandchildren.

In an interview with The Mirror in January this year, Sue said: ‘Turning 50 is such a big deal. I remember when I was 40 and that was a big deal. I absolutely hated it!

‘So (this time), I said: “You know what, because I am turning 50, I am definitely having a whole year of celebrations!”.

‘I think if you are going to turn 50, to soften the blow a little bit, it’s got to be big…It will be nice to do a few things!’

The family is known for taking multiple holidays a year and are a big fan of travelling to the Sunshine State – as they have done many times in the past.

The Florida trip was thought to have marked their eighth holiday to the US alone in just three years.

In addition, the family has taken trips around the UK and Europe in their £40,000 motorhome that was purchased in 2022.

The Radfords have also jetted off to exotic locations such as the Maldives and Dubai.

The clan also visited the Orlando resort in April last year, August and April 2023, as well as August and April 2022.